The social media proposal was added late in the process as an amendment to another bill and hasn’t been subject to public hearings.
Lawmakers vote on House Bill 254, a bill that would ban social media accounts for kids under 14 and require adult websites to verify users’ ages.
If passed by the Senate and signed into law, the ban would also require 14- and 15-year-olds to get written parental consent before creating social media accounts. Rep. Andrew Gray, an Anchorage Democrat, “I want to let everyone know that I’m willing to work with those in the Senate on what the full intent of that is, so that we can make this a more robust package and really help do everything that we can to protect our children,” Vance said on the House floor.Rep. Genevieve Mina, D-Anchorage, who spoke out in support of the social media restrictions for children, said the age verification elements of the bill gave her pause.
Rep. Ashley Carrick, D-Fairbanks, was another of the six votes against the bill. She said she wasn’t sure it would stand up in court.
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